Improvement in glove-safes



S. LEWY.

GLOVE-SAMS.

Patented. sept. s, 187e.

lll/l. l f y///%//// "UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcri sAMsoN LEWY, or NEWYORK, N. Y.

n IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVE-SAFES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,951, datedSeptember 5, 1876 application led 'February 19, 1876.

the air in the chest is absorbed, and the gloves placed in the drawer ordrawers are preserved against damage from such moisture. The drawers areitted into closed channels, and each drawer is provided with packingrings, s0 that it acts like a plunger to expel the air from its channel.The rear end of each drawer is perforated with a number of holes,through which 'the interior of said drawers communic'ate with thereceptacle containing the hygroscopic material. On the foraminous endsof the drawers are applied suitable valves, which close against theouter surfaces of said ends, so that when a drawer is inserted in itschannel the air from 5said channel is expelled, and not permitted toenter the drawer.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a chest, which is made of woodor any other suitable material. This chest is provided with one or morechannels, a, and with a receptacle, B, which is separated from said channels by a foraminous partition, 7). This receptacle is intended tocontain a hygroscopic material, such as chloride of calcium orplaster-paris, or a mixture of such materials, and the channels a areseparated from each other by partitions c, but each channel is open infront and rear.

Into each of the channels is fitted a drawer,

Y C, and these drawers are provided'with packing-rings d, so that thesame fit their channels air-tight, and that by pushing one of thedrawers into its channel the air contained in said channel is expelled.The rear end of each drawer is perforatedwith a number of holes, e,through which, when the drawer is in its channel, the interior of saiddrawer communicates with the receptacle B, so that themoisture of theairin the drawers is absorbed by the hygroscopic material in the receptacle.

On the outer surface of the foraminous end of each drawer is secured avalve, f, which, when a drawer is being pushed into its channel,closesagainst the holes e, and preventsthe fair contained in the channel fromentering the drawer.

' When the motion of the drawer in its channel ceases, the valve is freeto open, and the moisture ot' the air contained in the interior of thedrawer is free to be absorbed by the hygroscopic material in thereceptacle B.

The drawers C are nade large enough each to receive one or more dozensof gloves, and by combining with these drawers the receptacle B, andplacing into this receptacle a quan-` tity of plaster-paris, chlorideot' calcium, or other hygroscopic material, the gloves in the drawersare protected against damage from moisture.

The chest A is provided with doors E, which are furnished withpackingstrips,A s0 that they close air-tight, and the lid F, which givesaccess to the receptacle B, is also provided with packing-strips, sothat the chest can be closed ou all sides against the entrance of theexternal atmosphere.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A glove-safe, consisting of a chest of drawers, provided withclosely-tting doors and with a receptacle for a hygroscopic material,substantially as shown and described.`

2. rIhe combination in a chest, A, of a receptacle, B, for a hygroscopicmaterial, 'and drawers provided with packing-rings d and with holes e intheir ends, through which the interior of the drawers communicates withthe receptacle B, substantially as set forth.

3. fIhe `combination, with the foraminous ends of the drawers C, theirchannels a, and the receptacle B, of valves f, substantially as and forthe purpose shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of February, 1876.

Y SAMSON LEWY. Witnesses:

' J. VAN SANTvooRD,

OHAs. WAHLERs.

